New hospital, emergency room announced in Idaho Falls
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IDAHO FALLS — A new hospital and emergency room is being constructed in eastern Idaho and is expected to open in late 2019. The announcement was made during a ribbon cutting ceremony Wednesday evening for a new 302-space parking garage on Mountain View Hospital’s campus.
“We are thrilled to welcome such an outstanding new hospital into our community,” said Idaho Falls Mayor Rebecca Casper. “Access to increased, convenient, quality health care is essential for a thriving community like ours. I’m happy to welcome Idaho Falls Community Hospital and am confident their presence will give patients much-needed additional access to cutting-edge, personalized, compassionate care right here in Idaho Falls.”
The new Idaho Falls Community Hospital is being built adjacent to Mountain View Hospital. While the two hospitals are separate organizations, they are close allies in taking care of Idahoans and patients can expect to receive the same personalized care from both hospitals.
The hospital will offer patients an emergency room, in-patient services and an intensive care unit. Patients will be able to recover in one of the hospital’s 88-private rooms and family and friends visiting loved ones in the hospital can enjoy the restaurant-quality café and outdoor patio.
Idaho Falls Community Hospital executives say the project is in direct response to the community’s outcry for more choices in emergency and in-patient care. Federal laws limit Mountain View Hospital from expanding and providing Idahoans with more services. However, as Surgery Partners, one of the investors in Mountain View, heard patients’ requests, they decided to respond.
“This is the next chapter of healthcare in Idaho Falls,” said Dr. Greg West, one of the founding physicians of Mountain View Hospital. “We built Mountain View Hospital because we realized things needed to be done differently. Prices needed to be lower, healthcare needed to be more collaborative at all levels and we wanted to ensure our patients were put first. Idaho Falls Community Hospital will follow these same principals and philosophies in care.”
When the new hospital opens in late 2019, there will be approximately 300 credentialed doctors and more than 200 nurses and supporting positions. People interested in learning more about the hospital and positions available should visit www.IdahoFallsCommunityHospital.com.